Samuel Casey Carter is a Senior Fellow at the Center for Education Reform where he helps define and advance the Center’s education reform mission nationwide. Before coming to CER, Carter was the president of National Heritage Academies, a charter school management company that operates 56 schools in six states, where he oversaw corporate strategy, communications, and the implementation of the company’s educational program.
Carter is also the author of No Excuses: Lessons from 21 High-Performing, High-Poverty Schools, a book on the effective practices of high-performing schools that refuse to make poverty an excuse for academic failure. In addition to No Excuses, Carter has edited three other books including Core Virtues, a literature-based character education program for parents and teachers of elementary school students. His articles, essays, and columns have appeared in over 180 newspapers and magazines. He and his wife Suzanne live in Washington, D.C. with their three daughters Kirby, Casey, and Lucy.
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